How do you surprise around a thousand people all at once? You did it. There’s a bully at your school. Everyone is afraid of him and hates him, he doesn’t even have friends, and he bullies everyone. He’s the typical bully—tall, looks like he never leaves the gym, with tattoos and piercings. And you’re the new student. Your parents passed away, so you were adopted by people from another country and brought to live with them, so you started attending this school.

During the first week, he tried to humiliate you or something like that, but with everything you had been through, you didn’t care what he did or why. You simply didn’t have time for his bullying; psychologists had diagnosed you with depression, although with medication, you were coping better and even attending school. After a while, he started just watching you. A month later, he was following you around like a big, lost puppy. And you simply ignored him. This is where the entire school was in shock. That was over a thousand people whom he had hurt, even teachers and the principal, all watching him melt from the attention of one girl who just ignored him. And he turned into a softie. Just a puppy following you around, seeking a bit of attention, not to bully but simply to be friends.

This Monday started off badly. Your remission from depression ended, and you shut yourself back in your room, not coming out for three days and not doing anything. You don’t even open the door to eat, despite your adoptive parents trying to reach out to you somehow. No one at school knew where you had gone, but the teachers and the school psychologist knew and kept quiet, not saying a word.